# CVE-2026-105165: devopspolis secrets-replicator AssumeRole handler.py process_single_secret permission assignment

> Attackers can exploit incorrect permission assignment in the AssumeRole handler to gain unauthorized access to secrets.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.3 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 4 Oct 2026
- **Updated:** 5 Oct 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-88p5-cp9r-57qh

## What is CVE-2026-105165?

CVE-2026-105165 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in devopspolis secrets-replicator, published on 4 Oct 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A vulnerability has been found in devopspolis secrets-replicator up to 0.4.0. Impacted is the function process_single_secret of the file src/handler.py of the component AssumeRole Handler. Such manipulation of the argument external_id leads to incorrect permission assignment. The attack can be executed remotely. Upgrading to version 0.5.0 is recommended to address this issue. The name of the patch is b42239405fbf4fae3c3f0048fc0b4225112edceb. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Weakness: CWE-732 (Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource), CWE-275

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-105165?


## How do I fix CVE-2026-105165?

No fix has been published for CVE-2026-105165 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2026-105165 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-105165 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2026-105165 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2026-105165 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in devopspolis secrets-replicator, published on 4 Oct 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-105165 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: devopspolis secrets-replicator. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-105165/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-105165/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-105165
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-105165
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-105165

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-105165/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.